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Re: [World Overview & Timeline] Metahumans Rising I finally found a wiki to use. Here is a link to the Metahumans Rising page. I'll be adding more information over the next few days.

Re: Campaign Concept: Political Cape-rs What comes to mind reading this is compromise. We have our President who was able to bypass the political system up to this point by way of name recognition and charitable deeds. Now however he is thrown to the wolves so to speak. I like that you kept him out of one of any political party but at some point he will have to take stances on a huge array of issues.On a high level the political system itself seems to be is set up as a series of checks and balances to promote compromise and moderate approach. Without getting bogged down in details between the branches, parties and everything in between this seems like a major issue facing the campaign. Heroes are used to overcoming challenges politics seems to be more about what are you willing to sacrifice to archive your goals. To divorce the concept of good and evil, every politician has a point of view that is justified by personal perspective. If these beliefs are perceived as evil by the PCs how then will they cope when the President is forced to comprise with these parties to achieve some larger goal? Additionally the concept of abuse of power and threat escalation comes to mind. What happens when A hotel in Rovinialtia is taken over by insurgents and the PC heroes go rescue them? Normally, the day is saved everyone rejoices and things move on. Now, it is a blatant show of force by a foreign government that makes other leaders nervous, do we have a super squad too? This seems like excellent fun but I think going into it there would need to be at least some discussion of campaign tone and making sure everyone has the understanding that this is for fun. People can be very touchy about their political views. I look forward to seeing how this goes if you find someone to run the campaign.

Re: [Character] Omega 27 Thanks for the equation that could definitely be usefully for character design. Omega 27 wasn't really designed to go up against superpowered threats alone. Part of his concept is peak human so a lot of his abilities are below what many consider standard. The one that seems to be the biggest is his Dexterity and Speed. I decided to go with a Speed 5 because the NCM is 4 with a hard cap of 6. This puts him above almost all non-super threats. Your point on Find Weakness is extremely valid. With out the additional phases of a high speed to use it he's at a severe disadvantage. This is especially true if he's also using Missile Deflection. The concept behind Find Weakness is I pictured Omega 27 as very analytical. I thought Find Weakness would be a good way to help compensate against high PD opponents. That said I think some of his early XP may be spent on skills like Analise. As up till this point Omega 27 has only fought with instructors, basically skilled normals is what I pictured, it would make since that he would look for easy ways to end the combat relying on his superior abilities. Now that he is no longer isolated he will be facing real threats and having to learn to compensate for the higher challenge. Part of the character design was to see if Dexterity 20 Speed 5 could be a viable when even the pregens from the main book all have a Speed of 6. On a related note, at some point I'm planning a campaign where average PC Speeds are 4 - 5. That's not to say higher Speeds are out but, they should be part of the character concept. This would be true for the NPCs as well. This should allow the PCs more points to flesh out the character concept. It stops being Speed inflation if we stop inflating Speed.

Re: A name looking for an archtype Brings to mind a android/robot that looks like a metallic skeleton. I could see gadgets too. Get some high tech wizardry with a death motif. Maybe a evaporation ray lat leaves behind emaciated husks that are little more than skeletons with flesh pulled over them. The evil calling card.

Re: [Character] Omega 27 Updates are in...

Re: [Character] Omega 27 I think these changes could work. I like moving the Vulnerability to something that can bought off over time not as just one lump sum. When I get back to the house I'll update the file and edit the character here.

Re: [Character] Omega 27 I took Secret ID because I thought Omega 27 would have a lot of identity related problems. Lacking any public records of his existence it creates many social problems outside of the normal heroing. Secret ID seemed to be the best fit for these problems.

Re: [Character] Omega 27 I wanted to go a bit higher on Strength, Body, Intelligence and Presence but that point crunch payed a factor a large factor on the attributes.

Inspired from a couple of threads that have been going around, not in any order beyond when I found them: Create this Character, I liked the idea of an escaped experiment and have been wanting to do a super solder for a while. Power suggestions for a "Perfect" human being, lots of cool ideas thrown around in this thread, I don't know why I was thinking about it today but I went to it for some power ideas. Then there is the ongoing Dex/Speed debates, Omega 27 is designed to be a peak human with minor superpowers. As he develops I'm curious what will come out as more important for the character, quicker actions or evolving his powers. Anyway there you go, Enjoy.

"You're listening to Klost home of the Apocalypse. The call in question of the day is who will be the new king? I'm sending in an ICBM across the wasteland for all of you on the yellow brick road to Vegas looking for a hero. If you find one send him my way, baby." Didn't want to keep eating at the American Samurai's Thread so I thought a split might help. A home for build ideas and the creations to come maybe yes? For those not familiar Six String Samurai Lots of talk about Buddy, any thoughts on the Kid, Death and his Minions? I shall now return to waiting for the sequel.

Re: [Character] The American Samurai "Float away, little butterfly. Just flutter away. I got a gig in Vegas. And the wastelands ain't no place for kids."

Re: "Slow Poke" Would this work? It wouldn't get the job done on the first shot but even with some power defense it should get the job done.

Re: Character Wuji I agree that Wuji is stretched very thin. Giving him a base of common maneuvers that a "real" martial artist might have in addition to his super level abilities does seem a bit redundant. I started with the martial maneuvers to represent the first levels of his training and what a normal person might archive. The real world Bāguàzhǎng is divided into the different styles based on the original Haichuan's students. In trying to have each of these styles accounted for the point crunch came in and there was a lot more I would have liked to have done. However, this is why I separated out the Yin Style and the Liang Style. As for OCV/DCV I know there's the ongoing debate on what is super Dex and SPD. The fact that all the supers listed in 5th edition revised all have Dexterities above 20 and Speeds 5 or 6 doesn't help. My take on this was to start Wuji at what could be considered near the peak of normal human performance. What I would like to do if this character saw game play would be to focus on rounding things off. Bringing the other styles to be on par with the Yin Style and increasing his Dexterity. Wuji is at the beginning of his career as a hero and has lots of room to grow. There is the feeling that a martial artist should really go for high CVs but to stay true to the background I wanted to make sure each of the Styles and Trigrams were represented. Notes on the Martial Art and Styles: Not all of the powers, skills and maneuvers match exactly to the real Bāguàzhǎng. However, I wanted to have some fun with the concept of a "super" martial art that felt fully fleshed out and I think it would have been difficult to avoid this. The history behind Bāguàzhǎng really appealed to me for this. From what I read the full martial art was never passed on, only portions of it. The various styles listed for Wuji are the styles taught by Haichuan's first students. - - - Wow, after looking over that post let me just thank you all for taking the time to read over the character. Just from looking at the material provided these are all very valid suggestions and I do appreciate the criticism. I do hope you enjoyed reading through the character as much as I enjoyed creating him.

One martial artist coming up. Thought I would have some fun with the speed discussions going on recently. Wuji is missing a few skills I had originally wanted for him including Feint and Cryptology to represent his training in both martial arts and the Taoist philosophies. I also think I kind of skimmed over the Gao Style, Kun and Qian Trigram. However I like how he turned out overall even if his defenses are a bit low, I'm hoping the combination of multiple defenses will compensate. Anyway, enjoy:

Re: Create this character! Ok, it took me a bit but here you go: Note: The character has 2 hunted disadvantages. The first is the science research team responsible for creating the Rat Man. The second is the extermination squad.

Re: Wings of the Valkyrie update Reading up on this it made me think of a story line from City of Heroes. The premise is that a Nazi solder is sent into the future to get supplies to aid the failing war effort. I know that there are people who play CoH so I will leave the description at that. Well, and it made a lot more since before when they had the 5th Column not the Council. The point being this, the concept of changing WWII with the aid of superpowers or superscience is a recurring theme in the genre. There was a Justice League story arc that ran 2 or 3 episodes on the idea of changing the outcome of the war. The articles I’ve read on Wings of a Valkyrie seem to revolve around to controversial for Role Playing Games at that time. Why couldn’t they update this story? The weight of the plot forces players to think about their choices and the story can be used to revitalize campaigns that may have grown stale. That said, I believe that trying to tackle the subject matter should include notes on the real world history as well as the setting and alternative settings. (Note: there would likely need to be multiple alternates based on likely player/NPC actions.) The characters in the story would need to be truly fleshed out with strong personalities and motivations for each of them. Comics have been used to play with alternative histories. Through the years the stigma of D&D is evil has for the most part faded from the media. I remember an episode of Cops where they pointed out a stack of White Wolf books in a kid’s car. Why can’t a Role Playing Game take on serious subjects? It is possible to write something that is both thought provoking and enjoyable. Why couldn’t a RPG do it?

Re: Watch out! New Superhero in town!! Now with slightly more Super powers: Sorry, I know I should add a back story to character but tonight was play with numbers night...

Re: Watch out! New Superhero in town!! What level of hero are we looking for? Just going for a heroic level based off of the videos I have this incarnation of Rollerman

Re: Strange Hero Concepts: Discuss Your Own! Funny you should say that... After playing a ton of CoH I wanted to do something that could not be emulated in the MMO and so Fallout was born. He's your run of the mill giant mass of radioactive energies held together by force of will.

Re: EMERGENCY HELP: I need an adventure idea STAT B-Rated you say, how about? A Body of evidence... In a small not far from where the party normally resides, but off the beaten path, graves are being despoiled and the bodies taken. The town is in horror because it’s not just the newer graves but the old CivilWarCemetery on the edge of town by the swamps. Although abandoned years ago, the Civil War Cemetery is a sense of pride to the small town. The local Sheriff and his deputies are baffled and that’s where the party comes in. (Groovy Mystery Machine not included.) Clues: There was a fire in the hospital two months ago before the grave robber started every few people escaped and over half the bodies were never accounted for. The library was robbed just before the hospital fire and all that was stolen were their collective works of H.P. Lovecraft along with a copy of The Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. A local high school professor had been doing work on animating dead muscle and tissue through the application of electricity. Possible Events: Here of some small town events that may be going on and effected by the thefts. Civil War Reenactment: With no supernatural elements: The tension breaks and the participants break down into a huge brawl. Many are injured or worse as paranoia continues to mount. With supernatural elements: After the reenactment some of the participants see one man in a ragged Confederate Uniform heading to the swamp. Upon closer inspection it is obvious he was no actor. Sadie Hawkins Dance at the High School: With no supernatural elements: A drunken student plows his car into the school gymnasium. He is mourning the loss of his girlfriend who died of pneumonia three months ago. With supernatural elements: Two teenagers are seen sitting in the parking lot. One is recognized as the boyfriend of a girl who had died three months ago. Since then he had dropped out of school and no one had seen him since. The girl’s face is masked by a veil or some other plot device. Local Fair (Korn Optional): With no supernatural elements: One of the local affluent woman of the town rallies those gathered to start making accusations of anyone present as the possible grave robber. Others join in as the town falls further into mass hysteria. With supernatural elements: uh… Zombie party time! Everybody keep calm we’ve found the bodies. Possible Culprits: The Easy Target: The High School Prof has watched the Reanimator one to many times and is having a go at it now. Without supernatural elements: the professor needed bodies to continue his research but could not get funding from the school. As the town became aware of the thefts he grew increasingly more desperate for results. With supernatural elements: He succeeds. The one nobody expected: A Nurse from the local hospital has lost her mind and is no longer able to see those she’s cared for die. With no supernatural elements: The fire was an accident that only fuelled her madness. She started by destroying the bodies of those she had cared for then began tracing back her roots and destroying the bodies of her bloodline. In her basement is a hand dug pit of lye and boric acid she has been using to destroy the corpses. With supernatural elements: The fire trapped her in the hospital and before being burned to death she made a pact with a supernatural entity to brink back those who she had caused to die. The consequences of this were not her intentions but so long as she lives more zombies will awaken. She is too scared of what will happen to her soul to kill herself and does not know another way to kill the Zombies. (For those wondering, many dark supernatural entities like to make odd pacts with hapless peoples just to see them squirm at the consequences.) The insane lover: A high school boy looses her girlfriend to pneumonia and will stop at nothing to bring her back. With no supernatural elements: It was he who robbed the library. The fire was started when he tried to bring his girlfriend back at the morgue. Each body another attempt, the corpses left in his girlfriend’s home where he has killed her parents. With supernatural elements: As above he failed in the morgue but has since been successful in recreating the ritual, to an extent. Although able to reanimate the bodies the child has no control over the Zombies. Each attempt was to learn how to control them. Unfortunately, he was mistaken; crafting greater intelligence into the last two Zombies he was convinced he could now control them. Resurrecting his former lover he is slain at the dance and turned into her Zombie slave. --- I can have trip to Hollywood now?

When using Non-Combat Movement the character's OCV is reduced to 0. Does this also effect Combat Skill Levels? For Example: A character has purched CSLs +3 with Any Strike. Would he retain this bonus while preforming a Move Through Attack at Non-Combat Speed?

Re: I'll mimic your powers.. what? That's impossible! I can't! Would a Dispell with Trigger only to prevent powers being mimiced work? I think that would set a bar of how hard it was to copy the heroes abilities at least. Also, there could be the scene of a villain trying and watching him fail due to his strange nature.

Re: Surviving fall from orbit Combining what's been said we have: To Survive: LS: Safe in Low Pressure/Vacuum LS: Radiation LS: Self Contained Breathing rPD/rED 30 Resistant Damage Reduction for both PD and ED at 50% Since the heat of reentry would more than likely last more than a single phase and could whittle down the hero before they even land I would also add something like: Trigger Desolid verses Fire/Cold Only verses Environmental Effects cannot be used to pass through objects. (This may need to be purchased as 2 powers) This would resolve the issues of heat from reentry without immunizing them from actual Fire or Cold based attacks.

Re: [World Overview & Timeline] Metahumans Rising Ok, now I found him, and that does give some insight. The core similarities are that they are both Russian Heroes from the war. However, Zhukov was a leader and Stalin saw him as a political threat. I had not pictured the Red Juggernaut as someone with political interests beyond being a patriot. However, this did give me an idea on his back story and the RRX program. July 1949: RRX-001 The Red Juggernaut is sent to an undisclosed location for testing. Rumors surface that due to his inhuman constitution he is being used to refine KB2 trough his circulatory system for further RRX testing. US intelligence reports that he has been cryogenically frozen to preserve his body. July 1949: The US begins research into cryogenic stasis. March 1996: Declassified documents reveal that between the years of 1949 and 1958 RRX-001 The Red Juggernaut was sealed in a Hyperbolic Tank infused with KB2. The subsequent Refined Kaiser Box was then used on pregnant volunteers. Although casualty rates were reduced significantly, the number of stillborn children was almost 100%. Subjects did not produce any other side effects.

Re: [World Overview & Timeline] Metahumans Rising I've been trying to locate information on Zuchov online I'm not finding much. Do you have a link or two?